Starters in the Game

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Starters in the Game
Studio album by Mac Dre
Released February 5, 2007 (U.S.)
Genre Rap, hyphy, hip hop
Label Siccness
Mac Dre chronology
16 Wit Dre, Vol. 2
(2006)
Starters in the Game
(2007)
Pill Clinton
(2007)

Starters in the Game is a 2007 compilation album by hyphy Bay Area rapper Mac Dre.

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Andre Louis Hicks, known professionally as Mac Dre, was an American rapper, record producer based in Oakland, CA. He was instrumental in the emergence of Hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip-hop scene that emerged in the early 00s. Hicks is considered one of the movement's key pioneers that fueled it's popularity into mainstream, releasing songs with fast-paced rhymes and baselines that inspired a new style of dance. As the founder of the independent record label, Thizz Entertainment, Hicks recorded dozens of albums and gave aspiring rappers an outlet to release albums locally. In 2004, Hicks killed by an unknown assailant after a music performance in Kansas City, Missouri, In 2011, Time Magazine reported that his murder was still unsolved.

Track listing

  1. "Ice Cream" (featuring Brotha Lynch Hung)
  2. "Gangsta Mac" (featuring Turf Talk, Yukmouth)
  3. "Unreleased" (featuring Sidewayz)
  4. "Hella Dumb" (featuring Mistah F.A.B.)
  5. "84 to 2004" (Remix, featuring Chop the Hook Man, Dubee, Mistah F.A.B.)
  6. "When I Step Up in Here" (featuring Dubee)
  7. "I Don't" (featuring Sidewayz)
  8. "Get Them Chips" (featuring I-Rocc, Sidewayz)
  9. "What a Hit We Made"
  10. "I Won't If You Won't Tell" (featuring Rydah J. Klyde, Lil' Tre, Hook the Man)
  11. "Do My Thang" (featuring Dubee, Johnny Cash, Mac Mall)
  12. "Boss Status" (featuring J. Diggs, Lil Evil, Guce)
  13. "Tuck Yo Bitch" (featuring PSD, Peanut, Money Gang)
  14. "Cash Withdraws" (featuring I-Rocc, Sidewayz)
  15. "Thizz in Peace" (Mac Dre Tribute, featuring Yukmouth, J. Diggs, Mistah F.A.B.)


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